'Never easy, but always worth it' - Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah provides update on recovery, shares training video

Jasprit Bumrah has been in and out of the international setup owing to his back injury. After missing out on the Asia Cup 2022 earlier this year, he marked a return during Australia’s tour of India but worsened his injury during the T20I series. Due to his failure to return to health in a timely manner, he was ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022 as well, which handed the Indian side a major blow.

Bumrah was declared fit for the Australia series and he participated in two matches but was ruled out of the South Africa series due to back pain. The Indian cricket fans have been waiting to see Bumrah back in action. Though the pace unit has been doing well, especially youngster Arshdeep Singh, Bumrah’s absence is felt in the team.

On Friday, November 25, the senior pacer provided an update on his injury and shared a video of his intense workout and training session on Instagram. In the video, Bumrah can be seen sweating it out at an indoor training facility. Sharing the video, he wrote:

“Never easy, but always worth it.”

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India gear up for Bangladesh tour

The Men in Blue are currently in New Zealand playing a three-match ODI series after the successful completion of the T20I series which took place earlier. The T20I side was led by Hardik Pandya, while Shikhar Dhawan is leading the ODI squad. Most of the senior players have been rested for the tour as they are now gearing up for the Bangladesh tour that follows next.

India will be touring Bangladesh in December for three ODIs and two Tests. BCCI announced India’s ODI squad for the series, which saw Rohit Sharma returning to his captaining duties with KL Rahul as his deputy. Virat Kohli will also be back in action, but the two big players who missed the T20 World Cup, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bumrah, continue to be out of the setup.

Like Bumrah, Jadeja also missed the Asia Cup, though partially, and the World Cup due to a knee injury, but he is expected to be back for the Test series. The Indian cricket board is yet to announce the squad for the two Tests.